After a five-month national search for a candidate with the right combination of skills and personality, we were in the homestretch with our final choice on his second interview. He was literally ten minutes from the offer when a member of the interview panel asked, "knowing what you learned from this exhaustive interview process, what would be the first thing you'd do in this role?" His ill-fated answer? "Well, first I'd hire my wife as an assistant because we're an unstoppable team..." Not in a publicly funded organization,sir...yikes! TJNTIY.